Letter from Varnum to Son F., August 2, 1864
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Letter from Varnum to Son F., August 2, 1864
Subject
Letters; Death; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Crops--Effect of drought on; Marriage; Prayer meetings; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Description
Reverend Varnum writes to his son, Francis, having meant to do so earlier before Harriet wrote him. Varnum states that there is much illness in the Montville and Layfayette companies and reports on the deaths of mutual acquaintances. He also discusses farming and the effects of the drought. Varnum provides updates on various individuals. For example, Gilbert Gay is arriving by way of the Great Western Rail Road. He further writes about the Civil War, stating that he had read of Grant's attack of Petersburg and of the Southern invasion of Pennsylvania. He hopes that Grant's future endeavors will be met with more success.
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Noyes, Varnum
Source
Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection
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Unpublished
Date
1864-08-02
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PDF
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eng (English)
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Text
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noyes_c_cor_882
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The United States Civil War, 1861-65
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Guilford Aug. 2, 1864
Dear Son F.
I received your let-
ter of the 16th July and should have
answered it sooner had not Harriet
written. I supposed you would not
care about having two letters about
the same time and so I deferred
writing a few days. We are glad
to hear that you keep so well and
hope you may continue to enjoy
health till you return. There seems
to be a considerable more sickness
in the Montville and Layfayette com
panies than in yours. There was
a report here that James Saw was
dead but it has been contradicted.
The death of Henry Shaw was a
severe stroke on his father, wife,
and children. I suppose you have
heard of the death of [?Elder?] Shanes'
son who was in the Cumberland
army. He was killed in an assault
on a rebel fortification. Report
says that our hundred day men
are coming home next week. I
guess most of them will be glad
to get home. Our township are at-
tempting to raise money to hire
men to fill our quota so as to
have no draft in the township.
I understand they can obtain 40
men for eight thousand dollars.
I am apprehensive it will be
somewhat difficult to raise that
amount. I should be glad if we
might, for I do not like drafting
if it can be avoided.
We have got along finely with our
[?h ?] so far. Our mowing ma
chine is a nice institution. Edward
has mowed some for other folks.
We also cut some of Mr Shaws hay
on [?Thurs?]. The boys have helped him
through with his haying and all
cutting his oats. The weather
of late has been quite dry and corn
and potatoes have suffered some
from drought but last night and
to day we have had an abundance
of rain. Things now look fresh and
green. Edward is going to try his
luck at teaching school
in Medina. I hope he may succeed
this time. There have been some
recent deaths in the place. Mr Hays
father of Dr Hays, and Mr Noyes
who lived till lately on the Glor-
ton place are both dead. The
funeral of the last will proba
bly be attended to day. Our life
is a shadow, vain, treasured and
uncertain. I ought to have make
a new date before the last few
lines as I am now writing on the
[?3rd?] of the month. Last evening
we had a letter from Martha. She
gave us an account of the mar
riage of prof Diefendorf. You are
perhaps aware that it is only
ten or twelve weeks since he bur
ried his first wife. The students
appear to be dissatisfied with such
haste in marrying again. We expect
to see Gilbert Gay and his wife this
afternoon. They will come on the Great
Western Rail Road. They will spend
several days with us. I expect we
shall have the satisfaction of hear
ing Gilbert preach next Sabbath.
Tomorrow is our national [?part?] day.
I hope it will ^be suitably observed. We
have a prayer meeting at the Baptist
church in the morning and it in the
Presbyterian Church at 8'o clock in the
evening. Last evening paper gives
an account of Grants attack on Pe
tersburg and of the Rebel raid into
Pennsylvania. It seems Grants attack
was unsuccessful. I hope Grant will
succeed as his success will probably
end the rebellion. Mr Shaws folds have
had a letter from Dan. He does not
think you will get home next week.
I should not think the government
would send home the hundred days
men which the [?Rebs?] are receiving in
Penn. I hope you will take good care
of your health and keep up your prayer
meeting as long as you stay. Write soon.
We are all well. Young affectionate father
Varnum Noyes
吉尔福德 1864 年 8 月 2 日
亲爱的儿子 F。
我收到了你 7 月 16 日的来信，应该有
哈丽特没有早点回答
书面。我以为你不会
关心有两个关于的字母
在同一时间，所以我推迟了
写几天。我们很高兴
听说你保持得这么好
希望你可以继续享受
健康直到你回来。似乎有
是一种相当多的疾病
在 Montville 和 Layfayette 的公司比在你的公司。有
这里的一份报告说詹姆斯·索是
死了，但它已被收回。
亨利·肖的死是一个
他的父亲、妻子严重中风，
和孩子。我想你有
听说谢恩斯长老死了
在坎伯兰郡的儿子
军队。他在一次袭击中丧生
在叛军的防御工事上。报告
说我们的百日男人
下周就要回家了。我
猜他们中的大多数人会很高兴
回家。我们的乡镇正试图筹集资金雇用
男人来填补我们的配额，以便
乡镇没有吃水。
我知道他们可以获得 40
八千美元的男人。
我很担心它会是
有点难以提出
数量。我应该很高兴，如果我们
可能，因为我不喜欢起草
如果可以避免的话。
我们和我们相处得很好
拥有至今。我们的割草机
中国是一个不错的机构。爱德华
为其他人修剪了一些。
我们还砍掉了一些肖斯先生的干草
星期四。男孩们帮助了他
通过他的干草和所有
切他的燕麦。天气
最近天气很干燥，玉米
土豆受了一些苦
从干旱，但昨晚和
今天我们有丰富的
的雨。事情现在看起来很新鲜
绿色。爱德华要试试他的
在教学学校的运气
在麦地那。我希望他能成功
这次。已经有一些
该地方最近发生的死亡事件。海斯先生
海斯博士和诺伊斯先生的父亲
直到最近还住在格洛顿庄园的人都死了。这
最后的葬礼可能会在今天举行。我们的生活
是一个影子，虚荣，珍贵，
不确定。我应该做
最后几个日期之前的新日期
就像我现在写的那样
月 3 日。昨天晚上
我们收到了玛莎的来信。她
给我们讲述了迪芬多夫教授的婚姻。你是
也许意识到它只是
他埋葬了他的第一任妻子十到十二周。学生们
似乎对这样的事情不满意
赶紧再婚。我们期待
看到吉尔伯特盖伊和他的妻子这个
下午。他们将登上伟大的
西部铁路。他们将花费
和我们在一起几天。我希望我们
听得满足
吉尔伯特下个安息日讲道。
明天是我们的国庆日。
我希望它会得到适当的观察。我们
在浸信会举行祷告会
早上的教堂，它在
8点钟的长老会教堂
晚上。昨晚的报纸给了
格兰特袭击彼得堡和叛军突袭
宾夕法尼亚州。似乎格兰特攻击
没有成功。我希望格兰特会
成功，因为他的成功可能会
结束叛乱。肖先生褶皱有
收到了丹的一封信。他没有
想你下周会回家。
我不应该认为政府
会送回家一百天
雷布斯正在接受的人
宾州。希望你好好照顾
你的健康，保持你的祈祷
只要你留下来见面。尽快回信。
我们都很好。你慈爱的父亲
瓦努姆·诺伊斯
Dear Son F.
I received your let-
ter of the 16th July and should have
answered it sooner had not Harriet
written. I supposed you would not
care about having two letters about
the same time and so I deferred
writing a few days. We are glad
to hear that you keep so well and
hope you may continue to enjoy
health till you return. There seems
to be a considerable more sickness
in the Montville and Layfayette com
panies than in yours. There was
a report here that James Saw was
dead but it has been contradicted.
The death of Henry Shaw was a
severe stroke on his father, wife,
and children. I suppose you have
heard of the death of [?Elder?] Shanes'
son who was in the Cumberland
army. He was killed in an assault
on a rebel fortification. Report
says that our hundred day men
are coming home next week. I
guess most of them will be glad
to get home. Our township are at-
tempting to raise money to hire
men to fill our quota so as to
have no draft in the township.
I understand they can obtain 40
men for eight thousand dollars.
I am apprehensive it will be
somewhat difficult to raise that
amount. I should be glad if we
might, for I do not like drafting
if it can be avoided.
We have got along finely with our
[?h ?] so far. Our mowing ma
chine is a nice institution. Edward
has mowed some for other folks.
We also cut some of Mr Shaws hay
on [?Thurs?]. The boys have helped him
through with his haying and all
cutting his oats. The weather
of late has been quite dry and corn
and potatoes have suffered some
from drought but last night and
to day we have had an abundance
of rain. Things now look fresh and
green. Edward is going to try his
luck at teaching school
in Medina. I hope he may succeed
this time. There have been some
recent deaths in the place. Mr Hays
father of Dr Hays, and Mr Noyes
who lived till lately on the Glor-
ton place are both dead. The
funeral of the last will proba
bly be attended to day. Our life
is a shadow, vain, treasured and
uncertain. I ought to have make
a new date before the last few
lines as I am now writing on the
[?3rd?] of the month. Last evening
we had a letter from Martha. She
gave us an account of the mar
riage of prof Diefendorf. You are
perhaps aware that it is only
ten or twelve weeks since he bur
ried his first wife. The students
appear to be dissatisfied with such
haste in marrying again. We expect
to see Gilbert Gay and his wife this
afternoon. They will come on the Great
Western Rail Road. They will spend
several days with us. I expect we
shall have the satisfaction of hear
ing Gilbert preach next Sabbath.
Tomorrow is our national [?part?] day.
I hope it will ^be suitably observed. We
have a prayer meeting at the Baptist
church in the morning and it in the
Presbyterian Church at 8'o clock in the
evening. Last evening paper gives
an account of Grants attack on Pe
tersburg and of the Rebel raid into
Pennsylvania. It seems Grants attack
was unsuccessful. I hope Grant will
succeed as his success will probably
end the rebellion. Mr Shaws folds have
had a letter from Dan. He does not
think you will get home next week.
I should not think the government
would send home the hundred days
men which the [?Rebs?] are receiving in
Penn. I hope you will take good care
of your health and keep up your prayer
meeting as long as you stay. Write soon.
We are all well. Young affectionate father
Varnum Noyes
吉尔福德 1864 年 8 月 2 日
亲爱的儿子 F。
我收到了你 7 月 16 日的来信，应该有
哈丽特没有早点回答
书面。我以为你不会
关心有两个关于的字母
在同一时间，所以我推迟了
写几天。我们很高兴
听说你保持得这么好
希望你可以继续享受
健康直到你回来。似乎有
是一种相当多的疾病
在 Montville 和 Layfayette 的公司比在你的公司。有
这里的一份报告说詹姆斯·索是
死了，但它已被收回。
亨利·肖的死是一个
他的父亲、妻子严重中风，
和孩子。我想你有
听说谢恩斯长老死了
在坎伯兰郡的儿子
军队。他在一次袭击中丧生
在叛军的防御工事上。报告
说我们的百日男人
下周就要回家了。我
猜他们中的大多数人会很高兴
回家。我们的乡镇正试图筹集资金雇用
男人来填补我们的配额，以便
乡镇没有吃水。
我知道他们可以获得 40
八千美元的男人。
我很担心它会是
有点难以提出
数量。我应该很高兴，如果我们
可能，因为我不喜欢起草
如果可以避免的话。
我们和我们相处得很好
拥有至今。我们的割草机
中国是一个不错的机构。爱德华
为其他人修剪了一些。
我们还砍掉了一些肖斯先生的干草
星期四。男孩们帮助了他
通过他的干草和所有
切他的燕麦。天气
最近天气很干燥，玉米
土豆受了一些苦
从干旱，但昨晚和
今天我们有丰富的
的雨。事情现在看起来很新鲜
绿色。爱德华要试试他的
在教学学校的运气
在麦地那。我希望他能成功
这次。已经有一些
该地方最近发生的死亡事件。海斯先生
海斯博士和诺伊斯先生的父亲
直到最近还住在格洛顿庄园的人都死了。这
最后的葬礼可能会在今天举行。我们的生活
是一个影子，虚荣，珍贵，
不确定。我应该做
最后几个日期之前的新日期
就像我现在写的那样
月 3 日。昨天晚上
我们收到了玛莎的来信。她
给我们讲述了迪芬多夫教授的婚姻。你是
也许意识到它只是
他埋葬了他的第一任妻子十到十二周。学生们
似乎对这样的事情不满意
赶紧再婚。我们期待
看到吉尔伯特盖伊和他的妻子这个
下午。他们将登上伟大的
西部铁路。他们将花费
和我们在一起几天。我希望我们
听得满足
吉尔伯特下个安息日讲道。
明天是我们的国庆日。
我希望它会得到适当的观察。我们
在浸信会举行祷告会
早上的教堂，它在
8点钟的长老会教堂
晚上。昨晚的报纸给了
格兰特袭击彼得堡和叛军突袭
宾夕法尼亚州。似乎格兰特攻击
没有成功。我希望格兰特会
成功，因为他的成功可能会
结束叛乱。肖先生褶皱有
收到了丹的一封信。他没有
想你下周会回家。
我不应该认为政府
会送回家一百天
雷布斯正在接受的人
宾州。希望你好好照顾
你的健康，保持你的祈祷
只要你留下来见面。尽快回信。
我们都很好。你慈爱的父亲
瓦努姆·诺伊斯
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Noyes, Varnum, “Letter from Varnum to Son F., August 2, 1864,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed November 23, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/957.